geek
verb/ɡiːk/
/ɡiːk/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they geek | /ɡiːk/ /ɡiːk/ |
| he / she / it geeks | /ɡiːks/ /ɡiːks/ |
| past simple geeked | /ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/ |
| past participle geeked | /ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/ |
| -ing form geeking | /ˈɡiːkɪŋ/ /ˈɡiːkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] geek (out) (over something) to do or discuss computer tasks with great enthusiasm and attention to technical detail
- We geeked out for 50 minutes looking at code.
- Bill and Frank geeked out over computer stuff for a bit.
- [intransitive, transitive] to be or become extremely excited about something, especially something that only a few people are interested in
- geek (out) (about/over something) We chatted and geeked about pop culture we both like.
- be geeked (out/up) (about/over something) So we're all totally geeked up about the second half of the college football season.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.
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